Three suspected armed robbers were on Tuesday burnt alive in Warri, Delta State.
The dead suspects and other fleeing members of the gang were said to be terrorising Emebiren and the environs in the oil-rich city.
It was gathered that the gang members alighted from a vehicle and a tricycle also known as Keke and quickly dispossessed residents of their belongings at Okumagba Avenue.
But their luck ran out when some of their victims summoned the courage to raise an alarm which attracted a mob and some vigilante members who chased the suspects until they were apprehended and thereafter set ablaze.
Two of the suspects, it was learnt, were nabbed and set ablaze at Emebiren Junction, while another fleeing suspect was roasted alive along the Avenue Road near Eburu Junction.
Other gang members numbering about six however escaped the jungle justice.
Delta State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO)DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, confirmed the incident but said only two hoodlums were set ablaze.
